Karl Urban profile
Actor profile

Karl Urban

7th June 1972 Wellington, New Zealand Acting

Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and TV series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Since then, he has starred in many high-profile movies, including as Éomer in the second and third instalments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Vaako in the second and third instalments of the Riddick film series, Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series, Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John "Reaper" Grimm in Doom (2005), Judge Dredd in Dredd (2012), Gavin Magary in Pete's Dragon (2016), and Skurge in Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2013, he starred in the sci-fi series Almost Human. Since 2019, he has starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon's superhero series streaming on television, The Boys.

45 Movies 17 TV Shows 62 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bent poster
Bent 9th March 2018 as Danny Gallagher
Hangman poster
Hangman 22nd December 2017 as Detective Ruiney
The Loft poster
The Loft 14th October 2014 as Vincent Stevens
Riddick poster
Riddick 2nd September 2013 as Lord Vaako
Dredd poster
Dredd 7th September 2012 as Judge Dredd
RED poster
RED 13th October 2010 as William Cooper
Star Trek poster
Star Trek 6th May 2009 as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Doom poster
Doom 20th October 2005 as John "Reaper" Grimm
Heaven poster
Heaven 29th April 1999 as Sweeper
Gen V poster
Gen V 28th September 2023 as Billy Butcher